Ua lens what is it

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The second letter, "R" , is a year code that indicates the year of manufacture. Canon increments this letter each year starting with A in and prior to that, A in without the leading factory code.

Here is a table to make things simple:. The first two numbers, "09" , is the month number the lens was manufactured in. The leading zero of the month code is sometimes omitted. The next two numbers, "02" , are meaningless in determining how old a Canon lens is. This is a Canon internal code that is occasionally omitted. While you now know the manufacture date for your lens, you do not know how long the lens was in inventory, in shipping transit, and on a shelf until it was originally purchased without having the original receipt or a reputable person accurately informing you.

For those residing in certain locales including Europe , the box may contain an EAC label with a date code. That addition makes lens aging easy, assuming the lens is in the original box. To Determine the Age of a PreDigit Serial Number Canon Lens with a Date Code Until phasing out the practice starting in , Canon included a date code beside the rear lens element of many but not all lenses note that some manufactured lenses still received this date code.

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